JERUSALEM — I was going to write an analysis of the current Israeli-Palestinian negotiations occurring right now in Washington, D.C., but I could not think of anything interesting to say since the present talks are nothing more than political theater. So, here some interesting articles after which I will provide further commentary… Continue reading
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An Israel-Palestine Partition After Current Negotiations?
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Culture, Egypt, Iran, Islam, Israel, Jihad, Judaism, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
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Letter from Israel: Theories of Poverty in America and Israel
September 1st, 2010 · 16 Comments · Business, Culture, Economics, Education, Globalization, Immigration, Israel, Judaism, Letters from Israel, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East
Twentieth in an ongoing series JERUSALEM — As much as I love working and writing from home during the day, there is one negative: The children next door. No, I don’t hate kids. Let me explain. Israel is a small, dense country. As a result, most people live extremely close to each other. The picture at […]
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Sarit Hadad Lyrics and Israeli-Music Culture
August 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Civil Liberties, Culture, Entertainment, Europe, Immigration, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Language, Music, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East
JERUSALEM — From Britney Spears in the United States to Sarit Hadad in Israel to the Bendaly Family in Lebanon, everyone seems to like cheesy, pop music. It might be the only thing that these three countries have in common. In a recent episode of the Israeli version of “American Idol,” pop singer Sarit Hadad […]
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Can Game Dating Help Men to Pick-Up Girls?
August 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Conservative Pundits, Culture, Dating, Economics, Feminism, Israel, Judaism, Personal, Politics, Religion, Sex, The Middle East
Roissy in D.C., now Citizen Renegade, usually writes about the “Game” tactic of dating for men and how feminism is purportedly destroying Western society. In a recent post, he rattles off dating tips for men. Some of his tips, with my commentary, are below. I have left out many that are vulgar. Marriage counselors could […]
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Barack “Hussein” Obama, Birthplace, and Globalization
August 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Conservative Pundits, Culture, Economics, Education, Egypt, Europe, Globalization, Immigration, Israel, Judaism, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East
JERUSALEM — David P. Goldman, a.k.a. Spengler, argues that the “debate” whether Barack Obama is a Christian or Muslim misses the real point: Today’s Google News leads with a new poll showing that 18% of Americans think that Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim. Only 34% of Americans think he is a Christian, down from… […]
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Gypsy News: France Expels Many Romany Gypsies
August 21st, 2010 · 16 Comments · Britain, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Feminism, Globalization, Immigration, Islam, Judaism, Personal, Politics, Religion
LONDON — Europe is starting to get sick of modern-day Gypsies: More than 100 Gypsies, or Roma, were put on a charter flight to their native Romania on Friday, the second day in a row that France has expelled Roma in a much-criticized government crackdown… President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the crackdown on Roma in late […]
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Hairstyles in Religion and World Politics
August 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Christianity, Culture, Egypt, Europe, Iran, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East
JERUSALEM — One of the most interesting things about living in the Holy Land is the world politics that surround hairstyles. In politics in America, male hippies in the 1960s grew their hair long partly as a sign of rebellion against the conservative politics of the prior generation, but that is tame compared to what […]
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Snooki, Jersey Shore, and Online-Dating Websites
August 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Boston, Culture, Dating, Economics, Entertainment, Feminism, Israel, Judaism, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East
BOSTON and JERUSALEM — So I was once attending a “Soul Food Shabbat” at Temple Israel, a Reform congregation that had a Friday-night service geared towards twentysomethings and thirtysomethings that included a rock band performing the religious music. Of course, it was also a dating meat-market outside of online-dating websites, online-dating agency, and online-dating service. […]
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